Garment hanger



7, 1945' A. G. WAHL GARMENT HANGER Filed April 12, 1943 L INVENTOR.flab-1e 7- 6. 3497/4 BY Patented Aug. 7, 1945 UNITED STA E GARMENTHANGER Albert G. Wahl,'Los Angeles, Calif. Application April 12, 1943,Serial No. 482,727

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a garment hanger and has for its principalobject to provide a simple, inexpensive and practical structure that maybe conveniently and effectively employed for hanging garments, and,particularly, skirts, trousers and the like.

A further object of my invention is to provide a hanger of the characterreferred to wherein a pair of garment supporting fingers are adjustablymounted on the curved arm or cross bar of a conventional garment hanger,thus enabling skirts, trousers and the like of different sizes to beproperly supported and hung from the rail or cross bar.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is an elevational view of agarment hanger constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are elevational views of modified forms of the garmentengaging fingers which are adjustably mounted upon the curved bar orrail of the hanger.

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing and particularly tothe form of hanger illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, I designates the curvedwooden rail or bar of a conventional garment hanger from the center ofwhich projects upwardly the hook H which engages a rail or othersuitable support.

Mounted for longitudinal adjustment upon the curved bar ID to the sidesof the hanger II are depending fingers l2, preferably formed of sheetmaterial, such as cardboard, and after being cut to shape, the cardboardis folded on a medial transverse line so that the main body'portions l3of the fingers are of double thickness, and the outer edges of thefingers are curved outwardly as designed by I4 in order to providecurved rests or shoulders which receive the waist band and adjacentupper portion of askirt.

By folding the material double to form the fingers I3, transverse loopsl are formed at the upper ends of said fingers and immediately belowsaid loops the walls of the finger are suitably connected to each other,preferably by means 0 staples l6.

The loops l5 receive the curved arm or rail l0 and said loops may bereadily moved lengthwise of said rail thereby adjusting said fingerstoward or away from each other for the accommodation of skirts ofdifferent sizes.

In Fig. 1, dotted lines a show the upper portion of a skirt resting uponthe curved outer edges Id of the supporting fingers.

The modified construction illustrated in Fig. 3 is particularly designedfor engaging the lower ends of trouser legs for suspending same from thehanger and in this construction, the fingers I! are formed from sectionsof cardboard or the like bent double to form loops I8 at their upperends which loops are mounted for sliding movement on the rail ID of thehanger.

Formed on the lower portion of the outer edge of each hanger is a seriesof upwardly presented hooks 20 and at the upper end of this row of hooksis formed a horizontally disposed shoulder I 9,'such construction beingparticularly effective in engaging the ends of the legs of trousersprovided with the conventional cuffs.

In the modified construction illustrated in Fig. 4, the finger 2!,preferably formed of cardboard bent double and provided at their upperends with loops such as 22, which receive the curved arm 10 of thehanger, are provided on their outer edges with upwardly presented teeth2| which tend to engage the fabric of the garments thereby holding thesame in suspended position from the hanger.

In the modified construction illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the finger24, formed from thin pliable material such as cardboard, is providedwith a curved outer edge 25 upon which is adapted to rest the waist bandand upper portion of a skirt and formed in the upper portion of thefinger is a pair of spaced apertures Him the reception of the curved armID of the hanger, thus enabling the fingers to be adjusted lengthwiseupon said arm and to maintain its position thereon after adjustment.

In the forms of hanger illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, thefriction between the loops I5 and the curved arm H3 is sufficient tomaintain the garment supporting fingers in their difierently adjustedpositions.

Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a garment hanger particularlyadapted for the hanging of skirts, trousers and the like, and whichhanger is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture and veryeffective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of the various parts of my improved garment hanger may bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is setforth in the appended claim.

a I claim as my invention:

The combination with a garment hanger having a curved rail, of garmentsupporting members mounted for longitudinal adjustment on the endportions of said rail, each member comprising a single piece of thinsheet material folded double on a medial line to form identical deepending walls lying flat against each other fastening means passingthrough said walls a short distance below the line of fold, with thoseportions of the walls between the line of fold and fastening meansspaced apart to form a flattened tube for snugly receiving andfrictionally engaging the curved rail of the hanger and the walls belowsaid tube and fastening means extending downwardly and outwardly fromsaid tube to form a lobe shaped member of double thickness having a.continuous arched-fupper edg'e for receiving and supporting garments.

' ALBERT G. WAHL.

